Paul Round
Assistant Ecologist. Out in nature with my camera and binoculars. Wildlife recording. Photos with Android and Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82, 20-1200.
- Group of Grey Partridge on yesterday's survey. Not sure they were amused by my presence though!
- Tufted Duck. A common sighting, but a beautiful bird none the less. This male I saw on Budworth Mere at Marbury Country Park.
- Female Goosander from yesterday at Marbury Country Park.
- This morning's highlight at Marbury Country Park. Never tire of seeing a Kingfisher. #kingfisher #ukbirds #marburycountrypark
- I love going over old wildlife photos. This was from trip I took the the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland a few years back now. Some ace sightings: 1. Red Squirrel 2. Crested Tit 3. Mountain Hare 4. Red Grouse #britishwildlife #cairngorms #wildliferecording
- Aiming to get out and do more birding this year and get more photographs. Flashback to a couple of summers back. 1. Common Whitethroat 2. Great White Egret. #birding #wildlifephotography #wildliferecording #ukwildlife
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- Nice to see some flowering plants around the village this week. Greater Periwinkle, Snowdrops and Common Daisy. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #botany #flowers #january
- Flashback to this ace encounter with a Weasel in 2021 at Burton Point, Cheshire. It was in view for the best part of an hour. Such a great wildlife moment. @mammalsociety.bsky.social #cheshire #ukwildlife #cheshire #mammal #weasel
- Red Fox out and about last night in urban Cheshire. Stunning mammal.
- 🕷️ Another new report today 👉 Baseline survey for the money spiders Erigone welchi & Semljicola caliginosus in Lancashire by Richard Gallon
- New Report 🐝- The status and distribution of the solitary bee’s Andrena tarsata and Nomada robertjeotiana in Lancashire, 2025.
- A flashback to 2017 when I had the privilege to work with Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) for a couple of weeks in Uganda. We were surveying Kidepo Valley National Park for their Giraffe population and to collect tissue samples for genetic analysis. #giraffe #conservation #gcf
- A lovely winter's day with the sun glistening through the tree's this week. Always nice to get a walk around the park where the office is situated. #trees #nature #winter #courtheypark
- Just going over some of my 2025 moth records, and was looking for confirmation on ID of these if possible at all. All in Chester. Thanks. @mothiduk.bsky.social #mothsmatter #teammoth
- The village this evening with some lovely winter colours in the sky.
- Nice to start the New Year with a beautiful winter's walk and get the 2026 bird list up and running.
- 1/4 Over the last few years of wildlife recording on my wanders I have recorded quite a few species of Coleptera. I find this group of insects fascinating but ID can be tricky with upto 4,500 species in the UK alone. Lesser Stag Beetle, Rough Violet Ground Beetle, Green Tiger Beetle, Rose Chafer.
- Please take a read 😊
- Hoping to see more Waxwings this winter 😁. Absolutely stunning birds. We some times see an influx in the UK over the winter when their food source becomes scarce in the colder weather in Scandanavia. I caught up with these four in the Cairngorms, Scotland a couple of years ago. #waxwings #winter
- A flashback to some marine life off Whitby. A great boat ride off the coast and views of Minke Whale and Atlantic Grey Seals. @mcsuk.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social #marinelife #seals #whales #pinniped #cetacean
- Some Caterpillars I've recorded when out on my wanders. 1. Yellow-tailed Moth 2. Scarlet Tiger Moth 3. Pale Tussock Moth 4. Mottled Umber 5. Puss Moth 6. Large White Butterfly #lepidoptera #caterpillar #moths #butterflies #wildliferecording
- Recent visit to Burton Marsh, Cheshire.
- Some of the birds captured from earlier this year. The first two are most certainly not phone photos this time 😅. Kingfisher, Mandarin Duck and Canada Goose family.
- A Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) and Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) found in recent years. Still the only Stag Beetle I've ever recorded. @coleopsoc.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social #coleoptera #beetles #britishbeetles #wildliferecording
- A nice found yesterday in Cheshire. A Green Meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri). Not many records for Cheshire from what I can tell. @inaturalist.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social #arachnids #spiders #wildliferecording
- Autumnal vibes around the park at work.
- A flashback to last winter in the garden. Bramblings, Redpoll and Greenfinch. All these visitors to the garden were great to see but Bramblings the highlight and they were regular visitors for a month. @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #gardenbirds #wildlifegarden #RSPB
- A recent training session at work with local experts in identifying Waxcaps. Parrot Waxcap, Glutinous Eaxcap, Blackening Waxcap and Butter Waxcap. #fungi #mycology #waxcaps #wildliferecording
- Striking rainbow over Upton, Chester yesterday evening. 🌈
